Innovation: Hi-Tech War

Format: VHS Runtime: 60 minutes Series: Innovation Closed captioned: No Described Video: No

During the 2003 war in Iraq, civilians had unprecedented access to up-to-the-minute newscasts and in-depth combat reporting. But things still looked very different from the battle ground. Hi-Tech War is a step-by-step account of the second war with Iraq, painting a vivid portrait of the front lines via the recollections and commentary of soldiers, military leaders and weapons engineers.  From the opening strike and the famed “Shock and Awe” campaign that marked the commencement of the conflict to the Karbala battle to the seizing of Baghdad’s international airport, this episode spotlights the challenges our troops faced, the ingenious devices and techniques used to overcome their enemies, and the technology that did and didn’t work. Today’s advances in weapons and communications systems technology look set to consign conventional warfare to outmoded history, but will the military be able to face the next generation of global conflict?